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Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018) was an American political commentator and conservative columnist.

Born in Manhattan, New York City, Krauthammer became permanently paralyzed from the waist down after a diving board mishap during his first year at Harvard Medical School. After more than a year of recuperating, he resumed medical school and graduated as a psychiatrist. He joined the Jimmy Carter administration in 1978 as a director of psychiatric research, and embarked on a career as a columnist and political commentator in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Krauthammer wrote a syndicated weekly column for The Washington Post, which garnered him a Pulitzer Prize in 1987. He frequently appeared on Fox News and PBS, and wrote for media outlets across the political spectrum, including Time, The New Republic, and The Weekly Standard.